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http://dx.doi.org/10.13048/jkm.16005

A Study about the Quality of Life and QALYs of Stroke Patients according to the Medical Care Utilization Behavior: Findings from the 2009-2012 Korea Health Panel Data  

Park, Seong-Bong (Pusan National University, School of Korean Medicine)
Uhm, Tae-Woong (Monitoring Center for Korean Medicine and Western Medicine Collaboration, Pusan National University)
Kim, Nam-Kwen (Monitoring Center for Korean Medicine and Western Medicine Collaboration, Pusan National University)
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The Journal of Korean Medicine / v.37, no.1, 2016 , pp. 41-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: There are no studies which have investigated the health related quality of life(HRQOL) about stroke patients according to the medical care utilization behavior by longitudinal analysis. The purpose of this study is to analyze the quality of life(QOL) and quality adjusted life years(QALYs) of stroke patients of western and combined treatment group by longitudinal analysis. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 37 new patients who initiated diagnosis with stroke in 2009 from Korea Health Panel Data. We analyzed the HRQOL of stroke patients and calculated the QALYs after medical use initiation for up to 3 years according to the medical care utilization behavior. Results: Overall, the quality of life of stroke patients was lowered somewhat from 0.8431 to 0.7864 in 2009~2012. Western treatment group was appeared slightly declined in from 0.8527 to 0.8231 and combined treatment group was shown to be falling from 0.8173 to 0.6875. The QALYs of total patients were calculated 2.3654 and western treatment group were 2.4436, combined treatment group were 2.1542 during the 4 year period. The difference of QALYs between two groups was 0.2894 QALYs. Conclusions: Although there was a small difference in QALYs of the two groups, it is not certain that the difference is come from medical care utilization behavior. Further studies should be needed to confirm the relation of the medical care utilization behavior and quality of life by considering severity of the stroke.
Keywords
Stroke; EuroQol-5D; QALY; Medical Care Utilization Behavior; Retrospective cohort study;
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